What is CIPAC?

C Ralf Hänel, László Bura and M. D. Müller

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C P COLLABORATIVE INTERNATIONAL PESTICIDES ANALYTICAL COUNCIL LIMITED
 Collaborative International Pesticides
Analytical Council
An international, non-profit and non-governmental
organisation (established 1957)
Daily business run by a chairman, a secretary and a
treasurer (voluntary work)
Funding through sale of Handbooks and
CD- ROMs
24 Full-Members (2006) from 7 in 1957
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 CIPAC Objectives - according to
the ”Constitution”
to promote
• international agreement on methods
• inter-laboratory programs
• to sponsor symposia
• to publish standardised methods of analysis
• to collaborate with other organisations
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 CIPAC tested Methods

• > 400 methods for pesticide a.i. (M-series)

• ~ 200 methods for physical and chemical
properties (MT-series)
• methods for reagents etc (R-series)

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 CIPAC publications...

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 CIPAC Methods are used for

• for pesticide registration

• for official post-registration control
• for FAO and WHO Specifications
• ...

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 How does CIPAC work?
• Methods are proposed by companies and are
collaboratively tested by laboratories all over the
world (CIPAC Info sheets)
• evaluation of the results at the CIPAC meeting
against defined criteria and possible
• adoption by CIPAC
• the methods are published in CIPAC Handbooks

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 Ongoing Work

• Systematic review of CIPAC Methods

• Pre-publication scheme
• Independent Laboratory Validation for
Relevant Impurities

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 Conclusions and outlook
• CIPAC Methods are robust, simple methods
with proven performance
• CIPAC continues its method review process

• Most information available on www.cipac.org

with online searching and ordering

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 Thank you for your attention!

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